The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-23
rurpnr>cu cuow> UNVEILS.
Ihcir coming sale ~ Auction III the
palace ot the Iuilcrics

selected a. the agents Of the French
government in the matter OF tho SAFE
OF the French crown jewels. They
have handsomely printed catalogues
containing list OF the jewels to be-
sold and the conditions OF the sale.
The sale is made under the law pass.
cl by the French cougrc-, on De
cember 10, 1856, and which was was
first promulgated in the official our.
nal on the II, OF January last. The
sale is to begin on the l-th Of May
next at . O'Clock in the afternoon
and will continue from day TO day
thereafter until the collection /, dis
posed of. The sale Will be by public
auction aud VIII be held in the Pal
nee of the Tuiierics. Pavilion de
Florc.
1t is believed that The ale vii otler
little interest except to dcaicr-. ~ the
seats are not of a character suited TO
modern tastes; and. with the cNccp.
ton OF u few royal ana noble houses,
which may wish to buy them n sou
venirs, the people who have money
enough to purchase will care less Tor
the purely historic association than
for the actual moucy value Of the
Jewels The sets will then be broken
up, doubtless, aud the jewels catered
broadcast from -. Petersburg to san
Francisco.
The collection became for the first
time the property OF the state ia the
reign OF Francis H., VINO, IN letters
patent issued ut Bordeaux in June
1880, made them over to the state. At
that time the collection was not val
ued NJ quite 100000 OF our money,
but it has since received innumerablc
additions, and just what ito present
value il can not easily bc crtima'cd
until ii has been measured by the
coming sale. The original collection
made over by Francis consisted Of one
large necklace and six finger rings
having belonged TO the Princes Anne
OF Brittany. 10 whom they had been
left by the will of Marguerite dc FaiN
one OF these stones was celebrated
during the sixteenth century under
the name of the Belle 'ointe and It'll
more famous one wa, ruby known
as the Cote de BrctaRuc In 1880 tht
cote wH~ set in u pendent for the
neck, having the shape OF Roman a
and later Catherine de McdiCi had il
surrounded with eleven large pearls
The cote, the estimated value OF which
was 100000 francs, was subsequently
pledged with two other ruhies by
Henry Ill to pay his troops. The
Jewels were pledged with u certain
Iegrand. who died without being
paid, leaving the jewels to his family
They were redeemed nearly n century
later aud returned to fhe royal coiicc
ton. the cote b.ing. OF course amonl
them. In l7I9 Louis XVI had ii Gu
in the form OF dragon holding II
it's mouth the golden fleece.
This is is only u specimen of tn,
Interesting histories attached TO tn,
jewels which have now but about d
month TO remain together, after 81
many centuries OF repeated scpara
lions aud reunions. Hardly one OF
them but has its individual romano,
aud adventure, and many OF them ar,
associated with some OF the darkest
crimes and lniamics OF tho wonder.
fully dramatic French history.
soon after the troubles OF the
Lenguc and religious wars there ap
pcnred Nicholas llarlay dc ~aucy
whose name is attached 10 one OF the
remarkable gems OF the collection
from the fact that it had originally
belonged to him, although how IT
came into his possession Is mystery
lie was colonel general OF the Swis,
guards, and the most famous eX
pert in precious stones that there
was in AL Europe. The Sancy dN-
mond he sold ia 1901 to King james
|. Of England, 10y whom il was lett 10
son. Charles !. Whc the common.
wealth wars broke out King Charlie,
daughter Henrietta brought the
Sancy diamond to France. and there
pledged il for n large sum. la May
1857, Malqri redeemed the pledge
and with The consent OF the queen OF
England. became the owner of tho
sancv. which, with sixteen other
Jewels. he lett IN his will to lom,
NV The Sancy diamond and
anothe,~ one called Mirror de Portu
pal va 70 stolen during thc
reign ot Terror. and Tin
alh came into the possession
ofCharIcs Y. of spain. They were
sold bl tho no wee of Napoleon to Z
dealer. Wbctl er they ARE actually
nov in tho Tron IA treasury J., some
otunrortaiu their identity Ia,
VIII lost nv 10 experts. The in'
been 'o, W .nu vi was purchs~o,
~ a., 'tcS S,,n WAS =, u center of the
frontal band o. the onr"rn ~, ''c ~ ~
Ronde. which at the "a L"aInn,
Louis Nv. was surmouN n ,.r, CON-
de Tvs. OF " hich the cen -
some few OF the Frcnca '' ".a 4"
haye had great fonduc-, 'oN IN %",
ing the crown jewels, ".iaoNN ed IN
IN, ,%o i treasury rs a contingent rus u, ~, ,'
Inc drawn from in great crises W" Wv
emergencies. Marie Antoincitc - "
y great interest in the jewels, andy
es1peciaIIy fond Of u certain set
rub,es 10 this set she added Sd man
other precious stones thst ihe 'don
thy Of the original SOL, "hl-' A''
hard to establish from those ""r.r
,,Ifol, ,vcrn her mulc-ty'- private